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I think *think* Sara Brown was back too. I don't know if anyone can confirm, but I thought she was on there.

Yes, she said she would be back on her Facebook page last night....."not stalking her or anything" :P

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Congrats Carling!

Now that the show is over, you can came back here... Right?

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I think *think* Sara Brown was back too. I don't know if anyone can confirm, but I thought she was on there.

I saw her in the commercial, along with one other girl from this season. I think she was the first girl to get booted.

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I've heard Lili wins because when Michael Whan caddied for a Futures Tour player earlier this year before taking on the job, he caddied for Lili.

I noted that at the time, and thought it was an indication Lili did very well on Big Break but did not win.

They never want to make it too obvious by propping the winner very early. But like Blair O'Neal from PEI they often boost runnerup profile and stature by finding little projects. Actually, once it reached the final the winner was identified via the Golfgal System, the same one that found Kim over Sophie at Ka'anapali and Haymes/Bernie over favored Hugo/Camila at Michigan. I've mentioned it previously on these forums. Carling was interviewing weekly with Gayle, while Lili did not make an appearance, as far as I know. I've been traveling for more than a month and missed the recent interviews but I believe only Carling, Sara and Taryn interviewed this time. That's a common trend, the participants who venture deep into the program want to participate but the devastated runnerup often declines or doesn't seek the path. In the three examples it's been non-Americans not interviewing after losing to an American in the final. Perhaps coincidental but it held up again. Let me emphasize Gayle (Golfgal) doesn't have advanced info. When Ryann wasn't participating it hinted strongly she did not fare as well as expected. *** Regarding Big Break Dominican Republic, I've got to give the producers massive credit for pulling this off, no doubt in a chuckling fit of anticipation, summoning all the recent blowhards particularly on the male side. I think I saw Brian Skatell and David Mobley in that brief promo last night. Only downside: There can't be as many conflicts as projected. Someone's personality will be overwhelmed in a group comparison like that and they'll exit with a softer reputation than current.
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Regarding Big Break Dominican Republic, I've got to give the producers massive credit for pulling this off, no doubt in a chuckling fit of anticipation, summoning all the recent blowhards particularly on the male side. I think I saw Brian Skatell and David Mobley in that brief promo last night. Only downside: There can't be as many conflicts as projected. Someone's personality will be overwhelmed in a group comparison like that and they'll exit with a softer reputation than current.

Or, as I concluded after watching the teaser, what a massive group of d-bags! I'm already cheering for the women.

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So far for Big Break Dominican Republic this is who has confirmed, but if you watch the promo vid you can see others:

Men: Brian Skatell, Giuliani with really long hair.
Women: Blair O'Neal, Christina Lecuyer, Brenda McLarnon, Sara Brown

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I tried not to watch this edition because there were no engaging personalities. The golf wasn't that great, either. I don't know what TGC was thinking with the ad they made up for the edition coming this September, but if it's going to be twelve weeks of these cases of arrested development, I won't be watching for sure.
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Regarding Big Break Dominican Republic, I've got to give the producers massive credit for pulling this off, no doubt in a chuckling fit of anticipation, summoning all the recent blowhards particularly on the male side. I think I saw Brian Skatell and David Mobley in that brief promo last night.

And Lori. Ugh. We have to see Lori again.

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I saw her in the commercial, along with one other girl from this season. I think she was the first girl to get booted.

Yeah, I remember seeing Elana in the commercial. She seemed in the first episode like she would be one of the favorites, I was stunned when she didn't make it out of the first show. One player I would want to see back is Gerina from PEI. She killed the ball, and was fun to watch. According to LPGA.com though she already has her tour card but it also says she hasn't played a single LPGA tournament, even though she has played 16 times on the futures tour and is in third place on the money list.

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One player I would want to see back is Gerina from PEI. She killed the ball, and was fun to watch. According to LPGA.com though she already has her tour card but it also says she hasn't played a single LPGA tournament, even though she has played 16 times on the futures tour and is in third place on the money list.

She's category 16.

http://lpga.com/player_results.aspx?id=22797 http://lpga.com/content/2010PRIORITYLIST.pdf

Source: Priority List 16. Nos. 21-30 Category:From the previous year’s LPGA Qualifying Tournament, the ten (10) players finishing after the player who finished in 20th place, with priority based on the order of their finish at the Qualifying Tournament (and any ties broken on the basis of the lowest most recent round in the final Qualifying Tournament).

i.e. She doesn't get into tournaments. They fill up before they get to her category.

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She's category 16.

Frankly, I'd rather watch an LPGA tour filled with lesser players that look like Gerina than the weekly Korean & Japanese tour events we've been watching lately.

No offense to the Asian ladies, they can flat out hit the ball! I'm just far more interested in the visuals of the American girls. :)

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Why the hell are they recycling contestants? I stopped wathcing the episode with Guliani BEACAUSE OF HIM. This season was pretty bad and the next one looks like isht too.

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Why the hell are they recycling contestants? I stopped wathcing the episode with Guliani BEACAUSE OF HIM. This season was pretty bad and the next one looks like isht too.

And now with long hair I might have to find a way to censor him on the TV. Him and Pao Gasol. Anyone know away to do that?

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And Lori. Ugh. We have to see Lori again.

I'm surprised Lori Atsedes was able to participate. I predict she'll falter early. Dominican Republic was filmed in mid to late June. Lori's van was rear ended and totaled in early June at a Futures Tour event. The other driver attempted to flee. Supposedly Lori suffered considerable injuries and had to withdraw from the event, then still wasn't healthy weeks later when she returned to the Futures Tour. Their website ran a lengthy article and said Lori returned to Florida to rest during the remainder of June but obviously that was a ruse by Lori to conceal the Big Break participation. No doubt her injury will be an early theme during Big Break.

Let's face it, Dominican Republic is a free for all experiment by Big Break, like a kid let loose in his favorite store, grinning all the way. They didn't speckle the cast with high profile recent antagonists, they made it virtually exclusive to them. Of the players I recognized, only Elena Robles and William "Football" Thompson didn't qualify. They slotted into a different and smaller category, players who were ousted extremely early but had some game and personality. Elena's form no doubt contributed to her return, same with Blair. Gerina was not going to return to Big Break. She's at least a 15-1 favorite to earn a full status LPGA card to 2011 via Top 5 on the Duramed money list. With one event remaining she's 3rd with a $7000 bulge over 6th. Only 4-10 have any mathematical hope of catching her and it would take a bizarre combo of a poor event by Gerina combined with at least three players from 4-10 slotting extremely high in the event to pass her. A $7000 check is 3rd place or higher. Gerina actually benefits by others in the Top 5 finishing high and keeping the top prize money away from 6-10. Sara Brown could afford to skip two Futures Tour weeks in mid June for a Big Break rerun because she wasn't threatening a Top 10 Futures Tour finish and LPGA status for 2011. It would have been idiotic for Gerina.
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